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The Optimist


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In about a week's time a number of Brits will be representing their colleges in the national year-end team finals (64 teams).  Following on from that are the national individual championships.  Several Brits will be represented in the 64 draw (32 dubs)

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Natalie Beazant, Sophie Watts

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Elizabeth Thoms, Joanna Henderson

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Jack Findel-Hawkins, Lloyd Glasspool, Farris Gosea, Cameron Norrie with Ben Lott on the ALT list

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Alex Gasson, Jordan Angus, Julian Cash, Lloyd Glasspool with Cameron Norrie on the ALT list



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Latest college rankings

Men

33 - Farris Gosea - Illinois

39 - Cameron Norrie - TCU

42 - Lloyd Glasspool - Texas

66 - Ben Lott - Drake

82 - Connor Glennon - Memphis

98 - Andrew Watson - Memphis

117 - Alex Senegeya - Texas Tech

Dubs

Julian Cash (6), Lloyd Glasspool, Cameron Norrie, Connor Glennon, Alex Gasson, Jordan Angus, Tom Colautti, Max Andrews, Jack Findel-Hawkins, Josef Dodridge

Women

32 - Natalie Beazant - Rice

74 - Joanna Henderson - Tennessee

85 - Sophie Watts - Fresno

87 Daneika Borthwick - Florida State

125 - Sabrina Federici - Texas Tech

Dubs

Joanna Henderson, Alicia Barnett, Brigit Folland, Elizabeth Thoms



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More names on list on page 1

Charlie R, Kirsty V, Jacob C, Johnnie C, Holly B, William E and Bethan H



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I see that Lily Miyazaki, previously at Sutton for 9 years, (although Japanese in origin), was elected 'Freshman (sic) of the Year award'

Congrats to her . . .

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And still is Japanese, which is why I haven't included her but yes, she was brought up in the UK and has been very much part of its junior tennis scene.  Went to Oklahoma in the autumn and has been doing exceptionally well there.  Playing at 1 her win / loss is 24 / 7



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Added Emily W to list on page 1



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Seeking distraction, I glanced at ZooTennis's tweets, which indicated that Cameron Norrie's university was in a very tight contest with the top-ranked team in their section of the team championships. They lead 3-1 and need to win one of the three remaining matches - one of which involves Mr Norrie - to move into the next stage. One can follow at @TCUMensTennis. Looks rather exciting!

Edit: As I wrote this, they won. Rather good for my work. Mr Norrie, for the record, was ahead but didn't finish his match.



-- Edited by Spectator on Saturday 16th of May 2015 06:12:34 PM

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Added Emerson S and Elliot W to the list on page 1



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The various regions have been handing out their annual tennis awards and a few Brits feature

Player to Watch

Northeast Region - Tom Colautti - Princeton

Rookie of the Year

Texas Region - Cameron Norrie - TCU

Ohio Valley Region - Andrew Watson - Memphis

Sportsmanship

Texas Region - Natalie Beazant - Rice

Senior Player of the Year

Central Region - Abbi Melrose - Oklahoma

Most Improved Senior Player

Southeast Region - Daneika Borthwick

 

 



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Good to see Norrie and his team doing well, reaching the final four. I've got big hopes for him, he has had some decent results when playing on the tour. There is no reasons I have found so far to suggest he should not be ultimately aiming to reach the top 100 one day.

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Actually, having been inspired by you, Optimist, to look at the lists, I think that there are some more Brits involved in the university awards - Matt Brooklyn, who is the assistant coach at the University of San Diego, and Ben Dunbar, assistant at the University of New Mexico. Fascinating to see that former pros Paul Goldstein and Stephen Huss are also up for coaching awards (as on the women's side is Laura Granville).

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We'll spotted.  I must confess it never occurred to me to look at the coaching awards, I just focussed on the players.  Not sure I would have picked the named out as Brits though.



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Brooklyn has been mentioned on this board at various points; Dunbar I had to check ... half-remembered his name from years and years ago but wasn't sure. One of those moments when you realise you've been on the board for far too long!

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The year-end national singles competition is now underway.  In R1 (64):

#42 Lloyd Glasspool - Texas bt #3 Mackenzie McDonald - UCLA (ATP 539 CH 480)  6-0, 6-2

#39 Cameron Norrie - TCU bt #48 Sam Shropshire - Northwestern (ATP 1558 CH 1499). 6-4, 6-3

#25 Roberto Quiroz - S California (ATP 509 CH 483) bt #96 Jack Findel-Hawkins - N Florida. 6-4, 6-3

#9 Quentin Monaghan - Notre Dame (ATP UNR) bt #33 Farris Gosea - Illinois. 6-4, 4,6, 6-2

#32 Natalie Beazant - Rice bt #52 Breaunna Addison - Texas (WTA UNR CH 844). 6-4, 6-2

#85 Sophie Watts - Fresno bt #36 Romy Kolzer - Clemson (WTA UNR). 7-5, 2-6, 6-4



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In R2 (32)

#42 Lloyd Glasspool - Texas bt #28 Ronnie Schneider - N Carolina (ATP 1047 CH 1020)  6-3, 7-5

#39 Cameron Norrie - TCU bt #4 Soren Hess-Olsen - Texas (ATP 1426 CH 1385)  5-7, 6-3, 6-3

#32 Natalie Beazant - Rice bt #14 Giuliana Olmos - S California (WTA UNR)  6-2, 6-4

#2 Carol Zhao - Stanford (WTA 289 CH 283) bt #85 Sophie Watts - Fresno  6-0, 6-2

Which means our 3 British winners are now 'All Americans' !!

In dubs, Alex Gasson+, Cameron Norrie+ (beating Jordan Angus+), Lloyd Glasspool+ and Joanna Henderson+ all won their R1 (32) matches.  Elizabeth Thoms+ and Jordan+ lost and Julian Cash+ did not appear in the draw.



-- Edited by The Optimist on Friday 22nd of May 2015 01:21:24 PM

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